After months of drifting apart due to varying sleep schedules, a wife documents her and her husband's bedtimes in a spreadsheet. This data collection helps her process emotions and highlights their increasing arguments. The insights gained allowed them to establish the 'Sunday-In-Sync Rule,' facilitating efforts to reconnect amidst their busy lives. Ultimately, the focus shifted from the exact sleeping times to the emotional gap created by their routines, leading to a renewed commitment to each other.
There is a particular calm that comes with collecting data. For me, it is a form of emotional processing.
We always argued at the start of the week after the weekend reset. I brought it up, along with the spreadsheet, and together, we coined the Sunday-In-Sync Rule.
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